Overview
- Campaigning closed at 6 pm Tuesday for 121 seats voting on November 6, with about 37 million electors set to choose among 1,314 candidates at roughly 45,000 polling stations.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the NDA’s push with eight rallies, a Patna roadshow and digital outreach, while Rahul Gandhi held seven events as Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav covered key districts.
- The Mokama murder of Dular Chand Yadav triggered JD(U) candidate Anant Singh’s arrest and 14-day judicial remand, FIRs against other leaders including Union minister Lalan Singh, and an Election Commission request for a report from the state DGP.
- Law-and-order messaging dominated as the NDA warned against a return to “jungle raj” and accused rivals of shielding “infiltrators”, while the INDIA bloc attacked the government over unemployment and governance.
- Parties intensified women and youth outreach through digital war rooms, with the NDA highlighting cash transfers for women and the opposition promising a government job for every household; Jan Suraaj fielded candidates as a third option, though Prashant Kishor did not contest.